News Release

Amendment to Chair-Initiated Complaint Shooting death of Kevin St. Arnaud Vanderhoof, British Columbia December 19, 2004

Mr. Paul Kennedy, Chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP (CPC), the federal agency that provides independent civilian review of RCMP members' conduct in performing their policing duties, has amended a complaint into the events related to the shooting death of Kevin St. Arnaud near Vanderhoof, British Columbia, pursuant to section 45.37(1) of the RCMP Act.

The inquest into Mr. St. Arnaud's death occurred in January 2007. It became clear from evidence heard during the inquest that there are also issues relating to the adequacy of the original criminal investigation that need to be addressed as part of the Commission's public complaint.

As such, Mr. Kennedy is amending his public complaint to add the following allegation:

• Members of the RCMP failed to conduct an adequate investigation into the death of Mr. St. Arnaud.

For more information, please contact:

James Lévêque
Media Relations
613-952-2452
leveqj@cpc-cpp.gc.ca